My Face for the World to See
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Sleep, ca. 1955
Notes
Saul Leiter is best known for his color work, but naturally he photographed in black & white as well. Many of these latter images were of women; friends, lovers, etc.
Here is part of a description of Arthur Hayes' novel, from Google Books:
"My Face for the World to See is set in Hollywood, where the tonic for anonymity is fame and you’re only as real as your image. At a party, the narrator, a screenwriter, rescues a young woman who staggers with drunken determination into the Pacific."
To read more about the book, click here, then consider how Leiter's photograph serves as visual metaphor for the book's content.
Here is part of a description of Arthur Hayes' novel, from Google Books:
"My Face for the World to See is set in Hollywood, where the tonic for anonymity is fame and you’re only as real as your image. At a party, the narrator, a screenwriter, rescues a young woman who staggers with drunken determination into the Pacific."
To read more about the book, click here, then consider how Leiter's photograph serves as visual metaphor for the book's content.
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Citation
“My Face for the World to See,” Covering Photography, accessed November 21, 2024, https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/items/show/7147.